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‘Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP’ Is a “Remaster”, Based on Your Requests?
Remake or remaster? A lot of people get that terminology confused when it comes to developers revisiting games from years ago to bring them to modern audiences. It’s even more puzzling that Dragami Games president Yoshimi Yasuda took to X last night to state that their upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw revisit, titled Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP, is now being pushed as a remaster instead of a remake.
Yasuda stated that based on “your” requests, Dragami Games has “changed the game design” of the 2012 Grasshopper Manufacture-developed game to be a remaster. What exactly this means is unclear, seeing as we have yet to see any screenshots or receive any further information about RePOP since it was announced last year.
This does fall in line with the initial confusion that happened back in July of last year with regards to what Yasuda had said about RePOP having “a more realistic look”. Dragami issued a statement soon after, clarifying that they were inferring that they would be taking advantage of modern game console hardware with the game.
Still, the fact that none of the main players involved with the original game – that being James Gunn, Suda51 and Tara Strong – are part of Dragami Games’ efforts is still a bit of a concern.
With Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP slated for a Summer 2024 release, here’s hoping that we see something to allay those concerns soon.
私たちは皆さんの要望を踏まえRePOPのゲームデザインをRemakeからRemasterに変更しました…!!!
We have changed the game design of RePOP from Remake to Remaster based on your requests! pic.twitter.com/IRcfQRXN6a— 安田善巳 Yoshimi Yasuda (@yasudaD5) October 13, 2023
After years of Early Access on Steam, The Indie Stone is dropping the big one for Project Zomboid, with its long awaited major update ‘Build 42’ on July 29. Two years in the making, Build 42 represents a substantial evolution of Project Zomboid’s bleak, brilliant, and uncompromising zombie sandbox. The update expands and refreshes Knox Country with new places to explore, deeper long-term survival systems, and of course, plenty of new ways to tell the story of how you died.
The latest update expands Project Zomboid with a wide range of new and improved features, including deeper crafting and building systems, animal husbandry, new and updated map content, improved lighting, expanded lore, and a host of quality-of-life improvements.
“Build 42 has been a huge undertaking for the team, and we are all incredibly grateful to the community for sticking with us: testing, surviving, dying, and then doing it all again, while providing valuable feedback all along the way,” said Christian Allen, Design Director at The Indie Stone. “Project Zomboid has always been about creating a world where the player tells their own story, and this update gives them even more areas, systems, and tools to create the memories of How They Died.”
You can read the full slate of additions, improvements, and fixes here.